EFFECT OF DIETARY GINGER AND CINNAMON OILS SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWING JAPANESE QUAIL PERFORMANCE

Ahmed, Eman M.; Attia, A. I.; Ibrahem, Zenat A.; Abd El-Hack, M. E.

doi:10.21608/zjar.2019.51927

EFFECT OF DIETARY GINGER AND CINNAMON OILS SUPPLEMENTATION ON GROWING JAPANESE QUAIL PERFORMANCE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Poult. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

10.21608/zjar.2019.51927

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of dietary antibiotic and essential oil supplementation on growth performance ]live body weight (LBW), daily body weight gain (LBWG), feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR)[ and carcass characteristics of growing Japanese quail. A total number of 360 one week old Japanese quail chicks were randomly distributed into 8 treatment groups each of 45 chicks with three replicates )15 chicks each). Chicks of all experimental groups had nearly the same average initial weight. The 1^st group was fed the basal diet without supplementation as control, the 2^nd was fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.50g antibiotic (colistine)/kg diet. The 3^rd and 4^th groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.50 ml and 1.0 ml ginger oil (GO)/kg diet, respectively. The 5^th and 6^th groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.5 ml and 1.0 ml cinnamon oil (CO) /kg diet, respectively. The 7^th and 8^th groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0.50 ml and 1.0 ml /kg mixture of GO plus CO (1:1), respectively. Results showed that chicks received 0.25 ml GO and 0.25 ml CO/kg diet had significantly (P<0.05) higher LBW compared with those received 0.5 g antibiotic /kg diet. Daily body weight gain significantly (P<0.05) increased when birds received diets containing different levels of GO or CO and 0.25 ml GO +0.25 ml CO/kg diet as compared with birds received 0.5 g antibiotic/kg diet. No significant differences in feed intake were recorded among dietary treatments during all the studied experimental period (1-3, 3-5 and 1-5 weeks of age). The better feed conversion ratio (FCR) value was recorded by chicks fed diet supplemented with 1.0 ml CO/kg diet, while the poorest FCR value was recorded by chicks fed 0.5 g antibiotic /kg. In addition, percent of carcass, dressing and gizzard were significantly (P<0.01) affected by dietary treatments. It could be concluded that GO and CO could act as a good alternative to antibiotics (colistine) in growing Japanese quail diets.

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